Marathon

2012 Australian Marathon Championships

Saturday, June 9, 2012

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Our results at this event
Rider Overall Category Position Time
Gazza 35 Masters Men 4 5:01:18
Wayne 44 Masters Men 7 5:14:08

2012 Australian XCM Champs (Wayne)

Submitted by Wayne on

This race was not really in my plans, but given my recent results and managing to avoid any sickness so far this year, I thought I would give this a go. You never know when you will get another chance right ?

My plans were to get down to Canberra and do a pre-ride of the course the Sunday before, but with all the rain this never happened. So I found myself not really knowing what to expect course wise, but from reports of other riders, and previous knowledge of riding Stromlo - I knew 80km + out here was going to be a hard day out.

2012 Wollombi Wild Ride

Saturday, September 1, 2012

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Our results at this event
Rider Overall Category Position Time
Brian 44 Veteran Men 7 3:06:29
Paul 61 Super Master Men 8 3:17:59
Gary 70 Veteran Men 16 3:22:49

Wollombi 75km - 2012 (Brian)

Submitted by Brian on

Despite all the talk of how easy this race is, that was tough.

Lined up at the start to hear the riders briefing. No closed roads, stay left and be careful, remember there are sections that have on coming riders etc. The elites didn't go off first in a separate group and everyone just started together. The pace seemed comfortable to start with and then we hit the first hill. I walked a little bit as traction was an issue for me. I also started the race with a sore back and I was just waiting for the panadeine to kick in.

2012 Stevens Bikes Husky 100

Saturday, June 30, 2012

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Mountain Bike Marathon | Jervis Bay NSW |1...

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Our results at this event
Rider Overall Category Position Time
Gazza 19 Masters Men 2 4:54:29
Michael 23 Veteran Men 7 5:13:26
Wayne 33 Masters Men 5 5:06:01
Brian 50 Veteran Men 11 5:22:15
Paul 67 Super Master Men 3 5:33:19
David 79 Masters Men 22 5:42:13
Gary 102 Veteran Men 38 6:07:26

Husky 100ker - 2012 (Brian)

Submitted by Brian on

I think the race organisers did a much better job this year. The track was marked better, race central work well, access the the RSL toilets and somewhere to keep warm in the morning was nice as well.

Also, thanks to the local club SCUM (http://www.scum.asn.au/) for providing awesome single track. It would be awesome to be able to link the trails around the massive bog holes because for me these we just too much.

2012 Highland Fling

Sunday, November 11, 2012

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The Highland Fling

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Our results at this event
Rider Overall Category Position Time
Michael 49 Veteran Men 17 5:06:33
Matt 51 Masters Men 14 2:43:15
Gazza 64 Masters Men 9 5:10:47
Brian 71 Veteran Men 27 5:11:56
Paul 92 Super Master Men 5 5:20:01
Steve 104 Super Master Men 6 5:24:36
David 105 Masters Men 20 5:24:59
Gary 192 Veteran Men 67 5:52:25

2013 James Williamson Enduro

Sunday, March 10, 2013

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James Williamson Enduro Challenge

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Our results at this event
Rider Overall Category Position Time
Gazza 14 Masters Men 2 2:15:10
Wayne 31 Masters Men 4 3:29:34
David 33 Masters Men 5 3:32:31
Michael 43 Veteran Men 27 3:38:06

2013 Capital Punishment

Saturday, March 16, 2013

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http://www.capitalpunishmentmtb.com.au/

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Our results at this event
Rider Overall Category Position Time
Wayne 40 Masters Men 5 4:00:52
David 70 Masters Men 10 4:11:56
Brian 90 Veteran Men 34 4:17:08
Paul 112 Super Master Men 8 4:23:11

2013 Capital Punishment (Wayne)

Submitted by Wayne on

The Capital Punishment is not one of my favourite races. Maybe it was the first years mud fest, or a combination of timed / untimed sections, or the logistical challenges involved with the event.

I had found myself entering this race again this year as it is important race as the first race in the XCM series. But with the XCM series being cancelled / put on hold this year I was lacking motivation for the event. Though after a good result last week at the Willo, I wanted to backup again and get some more race practice before the Marathon Champs next month.

2013 Capital Punishment (Brian)

Submitted by Brian on

This was my first race where I got to the start and had bike issues. The bike was fine Friday morning but the morning of the race I had no back brake. I tried pumping it but nothing, decided to throw a new set of pads to see if it would help just a little and nothing. Kept pumping the lever and bang, it improved. There must be a bubble somewhere but for the rest of the race it was fine

2013 Australian Marathon Championships

Sunday, April 21, 2013

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2013 Australian MTB Marathon Championships

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Our results at this event
Rider Overall Category Position Time
Wayne 20 Masters Men 1 6:40:40
Brian 35 Veteran Men 4 7:23:49

2013 XCM National Champs (Wayne)

Submitted by Wayne on

Well this journey starts way back in December last year. After some disciplined training and racing in 2012 I wanted to take this a step further. To do this I had a chat to Ant Shippard, outlined what I wanted to achieve, and asked if he was willing to help me get there. My goals were quite ambitious, but Ant agreed to help and said that he would do what he could to put me into a position to achieve these goals, but all the hard work depended on me.

For those interested, these goals were:

2013 Australian Marathon Championships (Brian)

Submitted by Brian on

I'll start with wow, what a hard race. Below also includes the week before as we had a few descent rides up there in the week leading to the race.

Originally I wasn't gong to do this and just focus on the XCM series. As the XCM series announcement kept getting delayed I decided I would have a crack at this. I was already signed up for the Wombat but once they announced there was no series Wayne and I decided to pull out of the Wombat and head up a week early.

As the date came closer I was excited about the whole trip, a weeks riding and then the race.

2013 Convict 100

Sunday, May 5, 2013

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Convict 100

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Our results at this event
Rider Overall Category Position Time
Wayne 28 Masters Men 6 4:25:06
Gazza 44 Masters Men 11 4:32:33
David 46 Masters Men 12 4:33:31
Michael 47 Veteran Men 9 4:33:35
Brian 48 Veteran Men 10 4:33:36
Graham 49 Veteran Men 20 1:58:05
Paul 64 Super Master Men 5 4:40:55

2013 The Convict 100 (Wayne)

Submitted by Wayne on

Mentally Challenged !

Unlike all the races leading up to the Convict, I was feeling mentally and physically drained from the last 5 mths of training and racing. So I knew this weekend was going to be hard, but given it is my 'local' event and the last event of this years first half of racing I knew it had to be done. On top of this, our training group had a couple of recent hit outs around the course and even though mentally I wasn't quite there I was still riding physically strong.

2013 The Convict 100 (Brian)

Submitted by Brian on

What an awesome race.

For those that don’t know, I raced the Australian Marathon Championships 2 weeks ago in Atherton. I had a week up there prior to just dedicate to riding and relaxing, the race was unbelievably hard taking over 7 hours to finish so I knew I had a pretty good prep coming into this race.

One week prior I did a 95km mtb ride averaging 20km/h which felt good so I just needed to avoid getting sick in the week leading up and I should be good.

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